The Confessions of St. AugustineCosimo, Inc., 2006 M11 1 - 212 pages Aurelius Augustinus, aka SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430) was bishop of Hippo, today called Bona, in Algeria. Before his conversion to Christianity, however, he lead a wild and licentious youth in Carthage and later studied philosophy for years in Milan. His Confessions, in which he begs forgiveness from God for his sins and sets himself entirely to devotion to God, is not only a foundational work of Western theology, it is also one of the earliest autobiographies, offering keen insight into the workings of the medieval mind. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO CLASSICS: Saint Augustine's "The City of God" Translator and British clergyman EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY (1800-1882) was one of the most influential figures in the Anglican church in the 19th century, formulated theology and doctrine that radically altered the practice of Christianity in England. |
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... suffer me to speak unto Thy mercy , me , dust and ashes . Yet suffer me to speak , since I speak to Thy mercy , and not to scornful man . Thou too , perhaps , despisest me , yet wilt Thou return and have compassion upon me . For what ...
... suffer me to speak unto Thy mercy , me , dust and ashes . Yet suffer me to speak , since I speak to Thy mercy , and not to scornful man . Thou too , perhaps , despisest me , yet wilt Thou return and have compassion upon me . For what ...
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... suffering , by mere observation , amid the caresses of my nursery and jests of friends , smiling and sportively encouraging me . This I learned without any pressure of punishment to urge me on , for my heart urged me to give birth to ...
... suffering , by mere observation , amid the caresses of my nursery and jests of friends , smiling and sportively encouraging me . This I learned without any pressure of punishment to urge me on , for my heart urged me to give birth to ...
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... suffering , and plenteous in mercy and truth . " Wilt Thou hold Thy peace for ever ? and even now Thou drawest out of this horrible gulf the soul that seeketh Thee , that thirsteth for Thy pleas- ures , whose heart saith unto Thee , I ...
... suffering , and plenteous in mercy and truth . " Wilt Thou hold Thy peace for ever ? and even now Thou drawest out of this horrible gulf the soul that seeketh Thee , that thirsteth for Thy pleas- ures , whose heart saith unto Thee , I ...
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... suffer . " How deep are Thy ways , O God , Thou only great , that sittest silent on high and by an unwearied law dispensing penal blindness to lawless desires . In quest of the fame of elo- quence , a man standing before a human judge ...
... suffer . " How deep are Thy ways , O God , Thou only great , that sittest silent on high and by an unwearied law dispensing penal blindness to lawless desires . In quest of the fame of elo- quence , a man standing before a human judge ...
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... suffer ? yet he desires as a spectator to feel sorrow at them , and this very sorrow is his pleasure . What is this but a miserable madness ? for a man is the more affected with these actions , the less free he is from such affections ...
... suffer ? yet he desires as a spectator to feel sorrow at them , and this very sorrow is his pleasure . What is this but a miserable madness ? for a man is the more affected with these actions , the less free he is from such affections ...
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THE FOURTH BOOK | 47 |
THE FIFTH BOOK | 65 |
THE SIXTH BOOK | 82 |
THE SEVENTH BOOK | 102 |
THE EIGHTH BOOK | 123 |
THE NINTH BOOK | 144 |
THE TENTH BOOK | 167 |
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Alypius art Thou baptism beauty behold believe better body Carthage Catechumen Christ ciii commanded concubinage concupiscence confess unto Thee corrupted creatures dæmon death delighted desire dost doth ears earth evil eye of flesh eyes faith father fear Firminus flesh foul friends hadst happy hast Thou hath heal hear heard heart heaven holy iniquity John xiv knew knowest learned lest light live Lord love Thee lust madest Manichæan Manichees Matt memory Milan mind miserable mother Nebridius pass pleasure received rejoice remember Rome saith salvation seek senses Simplicianus sins sorrow sought soul spake speak spirit substance sweet tears Thagaste thence Thine things Thou art Thou didst Thou hast Thou wert thought Thy mercy Thy servant Thy Word Thyself tongue true truth unless vanity Victorinus voice weeping whence whereby wherein whereof whither wilt wisdom wish wonderful wont wouldest
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Page 96 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Page 25 - He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord : but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Page 150 - But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive : for the Spirit was not yet given ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Page 159 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear " heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to
Page 143 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 34 - TO CARTHAGE I came, where there sang all around me in my ears a cauldron of unholy loves. I loved not yet, yet I loved to love, and out of a deep-seated want, I hated myself for wanting not. I sought what I might love, in love with loving, and safety I hated, and a way without snares.
Page 145 - Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid : Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 143 - Master, all these have I observed from my youth. 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me.